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Sui Wendi

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emperor who reunited the north and south

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Tang Taizong

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China's most admired emperor

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Wu Zhao

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The only woman to rule China, who helped guide China through one of its most brilliant periods

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Grand Canal

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linked the Huang He to the Yangzi River, shipping food grown in the south to the capital in the north

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Li Bo

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Tang poet who wrote over 2000 poems

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usurp

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illegally take over a throne

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tributary state

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independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler

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land reform

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breakup of large agricultural holdings for redistribution among peasants

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gentry

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wealthy landowning class

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pagoda

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multi storied Buddhist temple with eaves that curve up at the corners

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In what ways did the rise of the Tang and Song dynasties benefit China?

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Foreign trade flourished and China cities became centers of trade

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Describe the social structure of China under the Tang and Song dynasties.

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It's head was the emperor, who's court was filled with aristocratic families. China's two main social classes were the Gentry and the peasantry. The Gentry was mostly scholars.

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How did the social structure reflect Confucian traditions.

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The song scholar - Gentry valued learning more than physical labor. They supported of revival of it of Confucian thought. New schools of Confucian philosophers emphasized social order based on duty, rank, and proper behavior.

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Kublai Khan

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ruled all of China, as well as Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam from his capital at Cambulac

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Marco Polo

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an Italian merchant who visited China and wrote a book about the wealth and splendor of China

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Zheng He

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a Chinese admiral who \"unified the sea and the continents\"

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How did the Mongol conquests promote trade and cultural exchanges?

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The Ming restored the civil service system, and Confucian learning again became the road to success. They repaired the extensive canal system that made trade easier.

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How did the Ming emperors try to restore Chinese culture?

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New technologies increased output in manufacturing. Better methods of printing led to a production of a flood of books.

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What was the purpose of Zheng He's overseas expeditions?

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to promote trade and collect tribute from lesser powers across the \"western seas\"

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celadon

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porcelain with an unusual blue-green glaze

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hangul

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alphabet that uses symbols to represent the sounds of spoken Korean

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Choson

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longest Korean dynasty that ruled from 1392-1910

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Yi Song-gye

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General who set up the Choson dynasty and brought back Confucianism

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Sejong

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King who replaced the complex Chinese writing system to hangul

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How did the relative location of the Korean Peninsula influence the development of Korean civilization?

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Korea received many cultural and technological influences from China, which often controlled them politically. Korea was a political bridge between China and Japan.

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Ring of Fire

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a Pacific region where there are frequent earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis

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Yamato Clan

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Japan's first and only Dynasty

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Amaterasu

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Sun goddess

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Shinto

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Worship of the forces of nature

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Shotoku

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Decided to learn about China directly instead of through Korean sources - imported Chinese ideas about government, strengthened the central government, set up a bureaucracy, and adopted a law code similar to that of China.

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Sei Shonagon

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A lady-in-waiting to the Empress, wrote the pillow book

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Murasaki Shikibu

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The best-known Heian writer, she wrote the tale of Genji, the world's first full-length novel

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archipelago

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chain of islands

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tsunami

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very large, damaging wave caused by an earthquake or very strong wind

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selective borrowing

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adopting or adapting some cultural traits but discarding others

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kana

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In the Japanese writing system, phonetic symbols representing syllables

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Describe 2 ways in which geography affected Japanese culture.

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Very mountainous so people settled in narrow river valleys and along the coastal Plains. A mild climate and sufficient rainfall helped farmers be successful.

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How did women influence culture at the Heian Court?

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Women of the court produced the most important works of Japanese literature of the period.

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Minamoto Yoritomo

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Shogun who set up the Kamakura shogunate, the first of three military dynasties

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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A general who was a commoner by birth and brought most of Japan under his control

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Tokugawa Leyasu

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Defeated his rivals to become master of Japan and later Shogun

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Zen

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A Buddhist sect in Japan that emphasized meditation and devotion to duty

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shogun

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In Japanese feudal society, supreme military commander who held more power than the emperor

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Daimyo

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Warrior lord directly behind the shogun in feudal Japan

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Samurai

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Member of the warrior class in Japanese feudal society

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Bushido

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code of conduct for samurai during the feudal period in Japan

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Kabuki

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Form of Japanese drama developed in the 1600s

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Bunraku

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Japanese puppet plays

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Haiku

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Japanese poetry that expresses the feeling, thought, or idea three lines

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What groups or individuals held the most power in feudal Japan?

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Real power lay in the hands of the shogun, or supreme military commander

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What values did bushido emphasize?

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Honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty

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Describe 3 results of the centralized feudalism imposed by the Tokugawas

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The Japanese economy grew by leaps and bounds. Agriculture improved and expanded. Food surpluses supported rapid population growth. Trade flourished within Japan.

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How did the growth of towns influence Japanese arts and literature?

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Cities such as Edo and Osaka were home to an explosion in the arts and theater. At stylish entertainment quarters, sophisticated nobles mixed with the urban middle-class. Urban culture emphasized luxuries and pleasures and differed greatly from the feudal culture dominated Japan for centuries.

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Give 2 examples of how Korean adapted or modified Chinese ideas under the Shilla or Koryo dynasty.

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Korea acknowledged Chinese rule, but still kept its independence, like a younger brother. They also adopted emphasis on family as the foundation of the state, and the position of women in the family. They had the Chinese civil service exam.

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